CN100336210C - Barrier layer made of a curable resin containing polymeric polyol - Google Patents

Barrier layer made of a curable resin containing polymeric polyol Download PDF

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CN100336210C
CN100336210C CNB038030160A CN03803016A CN100336210C CN 100336210 C CN100336210 C CN 100336210C CN B038030160 A CNB038030160 A CN B038030160A CN 03803016 A CN03803016 A CN 03803016A CN 100336210 C CN100336210 C CN 100336210C
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Abstract

A component involving a substrate, a layered structure arranged on the substrate, and a barrier layer arranged over the layered structure, wherein the barrier layer has the reaction product of an epoxy resin and a polymeric polyol.

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Separator by the curable resin manufacturing that contains polymerized polyalcohol
The present invention relates to a kind of assembly, it comprises matrix and the layer structure that is arranged on this matrix, and wherein layer structure also should be protected moisture-sensitive.In order to protect layer structure, assembly further comprises the separator (barrier layer) that covers this layer structure.Separator is also referred to as cover layer.Because the layer to moisture-sensitive equally may be to corrosion-susceptible, so wording " to moisture-sensitive " is used for expression " to moisture-sensitive ", " to corrosion-susceptible " or " the two is all responsive to moisture and corrosion ".
The example of assembly involved in the present invention is that wherein layer structure comprises the assembly of light or electroactive film, as radiation detector, solar cell or solar energy module or photoelectric subassembly, as light-emitting display device and liquid crystal display (LCD) screen.
In the middle of solar cell, thin-film solar cells is in the position of particular importance.Thin-film solar cells is represented the marked improvement of technology, and this is because they can be basically than more effectively making on the conventional solar cell cost.Thin film technique is the direct deposition of absorber layer on matrix of 0.002mm based on thickness.Layer structure further is included in molybdenum backplate on the matrix and the front electrode on absorber layer.A series of connections of integrated increase module voltage and avoided expensive welding sequence in such a way in manufacturing process.Absorber layer is the layer to moisture-sensitive.Yet not only absorber layer damages easily, and the electrode pair moisture-sensitive.
Suitable film absorber layer comprises copper-indium-diselenide (CuInSe 2, be called for short CIS).The CIS technology has that particularly advantageous realization is efficient, good long term is stable and prospect cheaply.Suitable matrix is float glass.The efficient of the maximum 17-18% that is realized is the highest in all hull cells.Under the simple scenario of compact battery, realize even greater than these numerical value, nearly 14% module efficient proves the potentiality of this technology.Another advantage is to make a layer material in force, can by laser cutting be connected the fact that is connected on the module by integrated series afterwards.
In order to satisfy the quality requirement in market, the necessary successful operation of solar energy module is by a series of different test procedures.One of these steps should be tested the weatherability of solar energy module, and this is a humid heat test.In this test, according to known standard IEC 1215, module is being exposed under 85 ℃ the temperature 1000 hours under 85% the relative air humidity.
When the moisture-sensitive layer suffered moisture, its sheet resistance increased, and the quality of encapsulation has determined the increase of sheet resistance.
Sheet resistance, ρ s(unit is ohm) is to see the edge as layer resistance of interior material thin-layer measure.At equation: ρ sAmong=ρ/t, wherein t is bed thickness (unit be centimetre), wherein ρ be material resistivity (unit is ohm. centimetre), and resistivity is defined by ρ=RA/l, wherein R is the resistance (unit ohm) of this layer, A is that the cross-sectional area (unit be square centimeter) of this layer and l are layer long (units be centimetre).
Can not realize reducing the susceptibility of assembly to moisture by simplified package with the stacked arrangement that comprises adhesive foil and possible second glass plate.
Avoid moisture to diffuse in the lamination layer structure, a kind of possibility that especially enters in the solar energy module is to make the moisture the evolving path longer.This requires enough wide edge or border (rim) greater than 15cm.Yet edge that this is wide or border are unacceptable in the solar energy module, and this is because the surface of active module is significantly reduced on the border.
Another solution is disclosed among the open No.19707280 of German patent application.This solution provides and is selected from Al 2O 3, Si 3N 4, TiN, MoN and SiO xN yIn inorganic barrier.
German patent specification No.19514908 has disclosed a kind of assembly, it comprises matrix and the layer structure that is arranged on this matrix, with the separator on this layer structure, wherein separator comprises PIC and based on the product of the trifunctional polyalcohol of trimethyl propane.This is conventional polyurethane system.
The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of to the insensitive assembly of moisture, its comparable inorganic barrier is easier and do not having to make under the high extra manufacturing cost and proving above-described experimental condition and the stability that has increase under normal operating condition.
For this reason, assembly of the present invention comprises matrix, is arranged in the layer structure on this matrix, with the separator that is arranged on this layer structure, wherein separator comprises the product of polymerized polyalcohol and curable resin, it is characterized in that curable resin is an epoxy resin.
In specification and claims, wording " curable resin " is used in reference to for crosslinked resin, thermosetting resin maybe can vulcanize resin.
Refer now to the open No.903790 of european patent application.The disclosure has disclosed a kind of assembly, it comprises matrix and the layer structure that is arranged on this matrix, with the top encapsulation material that is arranged on this layer structure, wherein the top encapsulation material comprises polyolefin resin, as ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, ethylene-methyl acrylate copolymer, ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymer and polyvinyl butyral resin, polyurethane resin, organic siliconresin and fluororesin.The bottom package material comprises ethylene-vinyl acetate or polyvinyl butyral resin.The disclosure and the present invention are uncorrelated.
Further with reference to USA patent specification No.6204443.The disclosure has disclosed a kind of assembly, it comprises matrix and the layer structure that is arranged on this matrix, with the face side filler (surface side filler) that is arranged on this layer structure, wherein the face side filler comprises the not crosslinked resin layer (ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, polyvinyl butyral resin, epoxy resin, acrylic resin, organic siliconresin and fluororesin) that is clipped between the two-layer crosslinked resin layer.Crosslinking agent is isocyanates, melamine or organic peroxide.The disclosure and the present invention are uncorrelated.
In addition, with reference to USA patent specification No.6288326.The disclosure has disclosed a kind of assembly, and it comprises matrix and be arranged in the layer structure on this matrix and be arranged in encapsulating material on this layer structure that wherein encapsulating material comprises ethylene-vinyl acetate and polyisobutene resin.The disclosure and the present invention are uncorrelated.
Description is described the present invention in more detail by embodiment, wherein
Fig. 1 schematically and not in scale shows assembly of the present invention cross section;
Fig. 2 shows the structural formula of polyvinyl butyral resin;
Fig. 3 shows the reaction of polyvinyl butyral resin and epoxy resin; With
Fig. 4 schematically and not in scale shows the cross section of the assembly that uses in test.
Refer now to Fig. 1.Assembly of the present invention comprises matrix 1, deposition layer structure 2 on described matrix.Layer structure is included on the matrix 1 backplate 3 of deposition, the absorber layer 4 of deposition on the electrode 3, at least one front electrode 5 of accepting to arrange on the surface at the light of absorber layer 4 overleaf.
Assembly of the present invention further comprises separator 7, and this separator 7 comprises the product of curable resin and polymerized polyalcohol.Separator 7 is extending on the outer surface of layer structure 2 and is ending on the border 8 of matrix 1.The thickness of separator is suitably in the 100nm-2mm scope.
For complete covering assemblies, apply conventional laminated material.This laminated material is made up of the cover layer 10 and the adhesive layer 11 of clear glass, wherein with adhesive layer laminated material is bonded on the separator 7.Adhesive layer 11 is the layer of being made up of the polyvinyl butyral resin of thickness 0.5mm suitably.Under 150 ℃ temperature, apply laminated material.
For simplicity, we do not illustrate and are connected to the electric current that will generate on backplate 3 and the front electrode 5 carry the electric contact that leaves in course of normal operation.
The mode that is formed separator by the liquid resin composition that contains curable resin and polymerized polyalcohol was discussed in the stage subsequently.
Separator of the present invention is not only damp proof, and it is bonded on the matrix so well, so that prevent the diffusion of moisture along the interface at 8 places, border between matrix 1 and separator 4.The applicant finds, with moisture along comparing in the diffusion at the interface between separator and the matrix, moisture is not remarkable through the diffusion of separator itself.
Separator of the present invention comprises the product of curable resin and polymerized polyalcohol.By apply contain curable resin and polymerized polyalcohol liquid resin composition to assembly surface to be covered, make this polymerized polyalcohol and resin reaction then, thereby obtain separator.
Can carry out applying of liquid resin composition by spraying, brushing, dip-coating and spin coating (spin on) method, screen printing or the like.
In order to apply, liquid resin composition can further be used solvent dilution, for example in order to spray or to brush, with the dilution of acetic acid ethyoxyl propyl ester.
After applying liquid resin composition, carry out the reaction between polymerized polyalcohol and the curable resin.
Polymerized polyalcohol is a higher molecular weight, and especially molal weight is about 1000 or higher polyalcohol.The example of polymerized polyalcohol is polyvinyl alcohol, PEPA and/or PPG.
Especially suitable polymerized polyalcohol is a structural formula polyvinyl butyral resin (PVB) as shown in Figure 2, and it has free hydroxyl group.Depend on m, n, o, realize different physics and chemical property.The molal weight or the degree of polymerization demonstrate big importance to heat with mechanical performance with to solution viscosity respectively.
Polymerized polyalcohol can be the mixture of the polymerized polyalcohol of above-mentioned example equally.
Second kind of component is the curable resin of epoxy resin form.Second kind of component can be the mixture of epoxy resin and isocyanates equally.
Reaction between polymerized polyalcohol and the curable resin is called sclerosis, curing or crosslinked.If there is solvent, then after flashing away solvent, begin reaction.By ultraviolet (UV) radiation treatment, for example react with commercially available mercury emission lamp.
Schematically shown the reaction of polyvinyl butyral resin and epoxy resin among Fig. 3.
Curable resin is an epoxy resin.The epoxy resin that is incorporated in the separator can be aliphatic, alicyclic or aromatic epoxide, wherein preferred aliphatic series and alicyclic (promptly encircling by epoxidised) epoxides.Advantageously, epoxy resin is made up of aliphatic series and/or the cycloaliphatic epoxides of 〉=70wt%.
Especially epoxidized polybutadiene or epoxidized soybean oil are aliphatic epoxides; Further available epoxides is the 2-glycidyl ester of dodecylene oxide and hexahydrophthalic acid for example.The preferred diepoxide of cycloaliphatic epoxides.This diepoxide for example is 3,4-epoxycyclohexyl methyl-3 ', 4 '-epoxy hexamethylene carboxylate (EEC) and two (3,4-epoxycyclohexyl methyl) adipate ester.Other such epoxides for example is that the aliphatic chain of the adipic acid derivative wherein be made up of 4 MUs is had the compound that the chain of 5-15 MU replaces.
Basis sclerosis chemistry be epoxy resin cationic polymerization and with the common addition polymerization of suitable polyol.PVB is this class hydroxy compounds, is therefore mixed or participate in being cross-linked to form of gained high-quality moulding material by chemistry.The gained moulding material is hard plastic material, demonstrates good bonding and proof and has good tensile and elasticity.In addition, it has good transmittancy, and this makes it be particularly suitable for using in solar cell and luminescence component.
With the ability of UV photo-initiated crosslinking, might the quick-hardening layer of varnish.Sclerosis is not to be caused by heat purely, and when getting rid of short wavelength light with box lunch, prescription has the almost useful life of endless.This provides flexibility that applies technology and the automation of quickening the latter.For applying and hardening, do not need vacuum or high temperature usually.Flash away the solvent that may exist and after under being exposed to UV, promote final sclerosis just to promotion, increase temperature slightly and come in handy.
With lamp or with the laser under the absorbing wavelength of the preferred light trigger that comprises in corresponding to curable resin, the curable resin that contains PVB is exposed under the UV light.Under situation about exemplifying, adopting the power density in UV A scope is 100mW/cm 2Mercury emission lamp, under 20 seconds radiated time section, expose.With under 60 ℃ through the following heat treatment of 20 minute duration, additional improvement is to the isolation effect of water and oxygen.
The liquid resin composition that is applicable to separator of the present invention contains epoxy compounds, especially diepoxide (30-95% of composition weight), the polyvinyl butyral resin of composition weight 1-15%, and light trigger suitably.Randomly also can contain varnish additive such as defoamer, levelling agent and/or adhesive accelerant.Depend on to apply technology, they can contain solvent in addition, wherein flash away described solvent before the UV sclerosis.
Depend on OH content, further use the crosslinked PVB of other co-reactant.In actual applications, use reactant such as epoxy resin, phenolic resins and melmac.Apply for other, correspondingly the phenol carbamide resin of catalysis or melmac and PIC and dialdehyde can be used as co-reactant.The also alternative UV sclerosis of thermmohardening herein.
Especially, the sclerosis of the curable resin that cation causes, promptly UV hardens, and obtains the polymer molecule of " single " to a certain extent, and it does not contain the low molecular component that outgases, and these low molecular components that outgas can be damaged the electric capacity of assembly to be protected.Advantageously, heat-treat the heat treatment under preferred maximum 120 ℃ temperature after the UV sclerosis.Usually, lowest temperature is lower 10-20 ℃ than the glass transition temperature of the curable resin of sclerosis.With heat treatment (after-hardening), can further increase the isolation effect of separator to water and oxygen.
Especially, resin is the resin of UV-curable, and promptly it solidifies under the effect of UV light.In this application, the epoxy resin of UV-curable is specially suitable.
The consumption of polymerized polyalcohol is suitably greater than 1% of curable resin weight, especially greater than 5wt%.The amount ranges of preferred polymeric polyalcohol is the 1%-15% of curable resin weight, but can mostly be 30% of curable resin weight most.
Separator preferably almost completely is made up of the product of curable resin and polymerized polyalcohol.
Can apply separator with known step as impermeable barrier, promptly it does not contain the hole, optical clear and edges cover.Depend on that to make this layer impermeable or do not contain the degree in hole, thickness is that 1 micron separator can enough have been guaranteed the abundant protection to moisture.Certainly, thicker separator is possible.For wherein obtain not contain fully the hole not exclusively evenly or do not cover well the border separator apply technology, the preferred separator of selecting big thickness.When the step that on layer structure, has high pattern (high topographic step), select the layer of the about at most 2mm of thickness, so that edges cover separator well.
By polymerized polyalcohol is added in the curable resin, especially improve the filming performance of curable resin.In addition, in the assembling process of assembly or in the manufacture process of solar cell, PVB layer or other polymerized polyalcohol layer are very frequently as laminate layers.This separator forms especially closely with the separator of being made by the polymerized polyalcohol that contains curable resin and is connected, this be in curable resin, be coupled on the polymerized polyalcohol because of them goodly due to.
Separator is formed the separator that prevents moisture and is positioned at least one outer surface of assembly, and described outer surface is at least a portion surface of the outer surface of layer structure and the matrix that do not covered by the stratiform structure.
This separator that employing is made by the curable resin that contains polymerized polyalcohol, but Production Example such as thin film solar module, it has passed through the warm test mentioned at first and performance loss less than 5% and there is not a macroscopic radiation damage.
Because function and for example optical clear or the electric insulation of the layer structure that separator of the present invention is suitable for covering, so it does not demonstrate negative effect to layer structure.It does not influence yet layer structure mix wherein optics or the operation of electric assembly, do not damage its performance yet.
The separator proof has good bonding on most of materials that are used as electricity or optical functional layer or matrix.Possibly, may need to provide the layer of extra bonding.
Because layer structure can comprise separator as the additional layer that contains the conventional layered structure of one deck or any amount layer, so it can for example cover with laminated material further with conventional cover layer.Therefore, the laminated material of being made up of glass plate and intermediate adhesion layer also can be provided on the separator that covers layer structure.Other assembly can in addition or or cover or seal with curtain coating resin bed or other curtain coating compound on separator.
Separator of the present invention is particularly suitable for applying the laminated material that covers it because prove it on the conventional hot melt adhesive layer that uses up to now or below have good bonding, this comes from tight connection the between polymerized polyalcohol and the laminated material.The bonds well of hot melt adhesive film, and and then the bonds well of whole laminar structure, cause improved impenetrability, this prevents that moisture is respectively along between layer structure and the laminated material or the interfacial diffusion between separator and the laminated material.
Preferred separator seals the layer structure to moisture-sensitive from the top of the matrix for example is made of glass with from the side of lower edge and end.Separator of the present invention also can cover metal level or passivation layer.Passivation layer also can be an inorganic barrier.The suitable material of passivation layer is silica, titanium nitride and molybdenum nitride.Two kinds of hard especially and scratch-resistants in back.Separator of the present invention proof to all layers have good bonding and and then with these layers formation moisture impermeable and chemically stable interface.
In one embodiment of the invention, layer structure is the electronic building brick with at least two electrodes, wherein forms an electrode by the electrode layer that is located immediately on the matrix.This electrode is called as backplate and can constructs backplate, to obtain to be particularly suitable for the electrode structure of the integrated serial thin film solar module that connects.
Except necessary electrode structure, also can form the electrical connection of at least two electrodes and derive device region from the side by this backplate layer.The advantage of this device is, do not having can to form especially smooth structure under the extra configuration steps situation, and this conventional equipment with the electrical connection of for example adopting welding is opposite.Adopt separator of the present invention, this helps edges cover to seal.
Below separator, derive the layer structure of assembly and can form by corrosion resistant metal by the electrical connection that first electrode layer forms.Yet preferably they are covered by conductive passivation layer, are especially covered by titanium nitride or nitrogenize molybdenum layer.Passivation layer can cover the lower electrode layer fully and make in view of the above.Also might only in being electrically connected the zone, by being connected in the zone of deriving below separator, cover the lower electrode layer with passivation layer with especially only.
Another advantageous embodiment of the present invention relates to the CIS thin film solar module of having mentioned.For example known according to Deutsche Bundespatent No.DE4442824C1, the regulation alkali content in the CIS absorber layer is necessary for the maximal efficiency of solar cell.Because when adopting glass matrix, the regulation alkali content of CIS absorber layer only directly just may realize under the situation above the electrode layer above the glass matrix or overleaf at alkaline separator, so the electrode top separator of the present invention that forms passivation layer can use in this separator in an advantageous manner overleaf.Simultaneously, can serve as the passivation layer of the electrical connection usefulness of leading the outside respectively, or serve as the separator of whole lower electrode by the separator of titanium nitride or molybdenum nitride manufacturing.It demonstrates especially good bonding and forms especially good and impermeable interface with this separator simultaneously the additional isolation layer of solar cell top.
Now by some experiments, the mode by embodiment further describes the present invention.In order to obtain repeatably result, the applicant carries out humid heat test containing on the specific components of glass matrix, wherein on described glass matrix with chemical vapour deposition technique dopant deposition anodizing zinc, and surface measurements resistance.Yet,, need lower numerical value in order to realize the duty factor of solar energy module.
Refer now to Fig. 4, Fig. 4 has schematically shown the cross section of test assembly.Applying thickness with chemical vapour deposition (CVD) on the matrix 20 of the thick window glass plate soda-lime glass of 2mm (length is that 10cm and width are 10cm) is 1.5 microns boron doped zinc oxide film 21.After applying zinc oxide film, take out the oxidation zink rod of width 10mm from matrix 20, so that make 4 borders that are not capped, show wherein border 23 and 24 at Fig. 4.Then two metal intercell connector (not shown) are connected on the zinc oxide film on the opposite side of zinc oxide film, so that can determine the sheet resistance of zinc oxide film reliably.
As described below, applied after the bow strip, apply separator 26.After this adhesive layer 29 of glass cover layer 28 with polyvinyl butyral resin is bonded on the separator.Under reduced pressure, making thickness is that the separator 29 of 0.5mm solidified 30 minutes down at 145 ℃.With separating the film (not shown) of vacuum chamber (wherein assembly is in this vacuum chamber) with the compression chamber, on glass cover layer 28, to exert pressure, the pressure reduction on the film is 450mbar.
In order to realize the validity of separator of the present invention, carry out 4 experiments, to determine the sheet resistance of zinc oxide film under humid heat test.In this test, module is being exposed under 85 ℃ the temperature 1000 hours under 85% the relative air humidity.
Preparation as described below separator of the present invention.At first prepare liquid resin composition.Liquid resin composition is made up of following: 35g polyvinyl butyral resin, 357g cycloaliphatic epoxy resin, 236g OH-134 (is that 1: 3 bisphenol-A and cycloaliphatic epoxy resin Araldit CY179 forms by ratio), 157g epoxidized soybean oil, 197g trifunctional group polyester polyalcohol, 9.8g triaryl matte hexafluoro antimonate, 3.9g (3-epoxypropoxy) trimethoxy silane, 3.4g dimethyl polysiloxane derivative.
On assembly, brush liquid resin composition then, so that the border 23 and 24 around capping oxidation zinc layer and the zinc oxide film.With under the UV condition, make the resin combination sclerosis.
Make then and being electrically connected (not shown) and test assembly is placed in the confession container of damp and hot test of Metal Contact bar (not shown).Surface measurements resistance in process of the test.
In order to compare the gained result, compare experiment.At first, assembly does not cover with separator.
Adopt the separator of forming by conventional resin to carry out two groups of comparative experimentss then, in first comparative experiments, the liquid resin composition that use is made up of bi-component varnish 1640 (available from RhenatechElektroisoliersysteme) is made separator (Comparative Examples A), with in second comparative experiments, use acrylate composition Multi-Cure 984 (trade (brand) name) LVUF (available from Dymax EuropeGmbH) of liquid UV-curable to make separator (comparative example B).
With reference to composition of the present invention, on the test assembly of being discussed, brush resin combination and make it sclerosis.
Under the condition identical, measure the sheet resistance of these three test assemblies then with the sheet resistance of measuring assembly of the present invention.The normalization sheet resistance, so that for all component, initial sheet resistance is 1.
Following table shows the result.
Table adopts the present invention and three comparative examples' separator to measure
The normalization sheet resistance of zinc oxide
Time (hour) The present invention There is not separator Comparative Examples A Comparative example B
0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
200 1.0 1.7 1.1 1.0
400 1.1 3.0 1.7 1.2
600 1.4 4.1 2.5 1.4
800 1.5 4.8 3.2 2.0
1000 1.8 5.7 4.2 2.9
This has expressed the improvement that obtains with separator of the present invention.
Utilize the present invention, can successfully comprise any layer structure of weather and corrosion-susceptible layer and especially have the weather and the stable encapsulation of corrosion of the film apparatus on big surface.The present invention is particularly suitable for being exposed to this film apparatus under heat and/or the wet environment, as solar cell.Certainly, for usually be not exposed to this corrosion promote under the environmental condition layer structure this also be effective.

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1. solar cell, it comprises matrix, be arranged in the layer structure on this matrix, with the separator that is arranged on this layer structure, wherein layer structure comprises light or electroactive film, wherein separator comprises the product of polymerized polyalcohol and curable resin, it is characterized in that curable resin is that epoxy resin and polymerized polyalcohol are polyvinyl butyral resins.
2. the solar cell of claim 1 is characterized in that separator is positioned at least one outer surface of solar cell.
3. claim 1 or 2 solar cell is characterized in that separator is impermeable and the edges cover layer.
4. claim 1 or 2 solar cell is characterized in that this solar cell further comprises the laminar structure with cover layer and intermediate adhesion layer that is arranged on the separator.
5. the solar cell of claim 4 is characterized in that cover layer comprises one deck plastic layer at least.
6. the solar cell of claim 4 is characterized in that cover layer is a glass plate.
7. the solar cell of claim 4, wherein intermediate adhesion layer is the polyvinyl butyral resin layer.
8. claim 1 or 2 solar cell, the consumption that it is characterized in that polymerized polyalcohol is greater than 1% of curable resin weight.
9. claim 1 or 2 solar cell, the amount ranges that it is characterized in that polymerized polyalcohol is the 1%-30% of curable resin weight.
10. claim 1 or 2 solar cell is characterized in that curable resin is a uV curable.
11. the solar cell of claim 1 or 2, wherein layer structure comprises the absorber layer to moisture-sensitive.
12. the solar cell of claim 11, wherein the absorber layer to moisture-sensitive comprises copper-indium-diselenide.
13. the solar cell of claim 1 or 2, wherein separator extends on the outer surface on the layer structure.
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